uwchraddio

Welsh

Etymology

From uwch- (“super-, over-”) +‎ graddio (“to grade, to graduate”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɨ̞u̯χˈraðjɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪu̯χˈraðjɔ/

Verb

uwchraddio (first-person singular present uwchraddiaf)

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Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	uwchraddiaf	uwchreddi	uwchraddia	uwchraddiwn	uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch	uwchraddiant	uwchreddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	uwchraddiwn	uwchreddit	uwchraddiai	uwchraddiem	uwchraddiech	uwchraddient	uwchreddid
preterite	uwchreddiais	uwchreddiaist	uwchraddiodd	uwchraddiasom	uwchraddiasoch	uwchraddiasant	uwchraddiwyd
pluperfect	uwchraddiaswn	uwchraddiasit	uwchraddiasai	uwchraddiasem	uwchraddiasech	uwchraddiasent	uwchraddiasid, uwchraddiesid
present subjunctive	uwchraddiwyf	uwchreddiech	uwchraddio	uwchraddiom	uwchraddioch	uwchraddiont	uwchraddier
imperative	—	uwchraddia	uwchraddied	uwchraddiwn	uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch	uwchraddient	uwchraddier
verbal noun	uwchraddio
verbal adjectives	uwchraddiedig uwchraddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	uwchraddia i, uwchraddiaf i	uwchraddi di	uwchraddith o/e/hi, uwchraddiff e/hi	uwchraddiwn ni	uwchraddiwch chi	uwchraddian nhw
conditional	uwchraddiwn i, uwchraddswn i	uwchraddiet ti, uwchraddset ti	uwchraddiai fo/fe/hi, uwchraddsai fo/fe/hi	uwchraddien ni, uwchraddsen ni	uwchraddiech chi, uwchraddsech chi	uwchraddien nhw, uwchraddsen nhw
preterite	uwchraddiais i, uwchraddies i	uwchraddiaist ti, uwchraddiest ti	uwchraddiodd o/e/hi	uwchraddion ni	uwchraddioch chi	uwchraddion nhw
imperative	—	uwchraddia	—	—	uwchraddiwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of uwchraddio

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
uwchraddio	unchanged	unchanged	huwchraddio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uwchraddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies